diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 78718d7d..631d9608 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                                 ->end()
                             ->end()
                             ->scalarNode('formatter')->end()
+                            ->booleanNode('nested')->defaultFalse()->end()
                         ->end()
                         ->validate()
                             ->ifTrue(function ($v) { return 'service' === $v['type'] && !empty($v['formatter']); })
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php
index c411d530..ace34397 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ private function buildHandler(ContainerBuilder $container, $name, array $handler
                 $handler['passthru_level'] = $this->levelToMonologConst($handler['passthru_level']);
             }
             $nestedHandlerId = $this->getHandlerId($handler['handler']);
-            $this->nestedHandlers[] = $nestedHandlerId;
+            $this->markNestedHandler($nestedHandlerId);
 
             if (isset($handler['activation_strategy'])) {
                 $activation = new Reference($handler['activation_strategy']);
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ private function buildHandler(ContainerBuilder $container, $name, array $handler
             }
 
             $nestedHandlerId = $this->getHandlerId($handler['handler']);
-            $this->nestedHandlers[] = $nestedHandlerId;
+            $this->markNestedHandler($nestedHandlerId);
             $minLevelOrList = !empty($handler['accepted_levels']) ? $handler['accepted_levels'] : $handler['min_level'];
 
             $definition->setArguments(array(
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ private function buildHandler(ContainerBuilder $container, $name, array $handler
 
         case 'buffer':
             $nestedHandlerId = $this->getHandlerId($handler['handler']);
-            $this->nestedHandlers[] = $nestedHandlerId;
+            $this->markNestedHandler($nestedHandlerId);
 
             $definition->setArguments(array(
                 new Reference($nestedHandlerId),
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ private function buildHandler(ContainerBuilder $container, $name, array $handler
             $references = array();
             foreach ($handler['members'] as $nestedHandler) {
                 $nestedHandlerId = $this->getHandlerId($nestedHandler);
-                $this->nestedHandlers[] = $nestedHandlerId;
+                $this->markNestedHandler($nestedHandlerId);
                 $references[] = new Reference($nestedHandlerId);
             }
 
@@ -631,6 +631,10 @@ private function buildHandler(ContainerBuilder $container, $name, array $handler
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Invalid handler type "%s" given for handler "%s"', $handler['type'], $name));
         }
 
+        if (!empty($handler['nested']) && true === $handler['nested']) {
+            $this->markNestedHandler($handlerId);
+        }
+
         if (!empty($handler['formatter'])) {
             $definition->addMethodCall('setFormatter', array(new Reference($handler['formatter'])));
         }
@@ -639,6 +643,15 @@ private function buildHandler(ContainerBuilder $container, $name, array $handler
         return $handlerId;
     }
 
+    private function markNestedHandler($nestedHandlerId)
+    {
+        if (in_array($nestedHandlerId, $this->nestedHandlers)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->nestedHandlers[] = $nestedHandlerId;
+    }
+
     private function getHandlerId($name)
     {
         return sprintf('monolog.handler.%s', $name);
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 3fb49e0c..904a596a 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public function testProcessSimpleCase()
         $this->assertArrayHasKey('foobar', $config['handlers']);
         $this->assertEquals('stream', $config['handlers']['foobar']['type']);
         $this->assertEquals('/foo/bar', $config['handlers']['foobar']['path']);
+        $this->assertFalse($config['handlers']['foobar']['nested']);
     }
 
     public function provideProcessStringChannels()
@@ -321,6 +322,20 @@ public function testWithFilePermission()
         $this->assertSame(0777, $config['handlers']['bar']['file_permission']);
     }
 
+    public function testWithNestedHandler()
+    {
+        $configs = array(
+            array(
+                'handlers' => array('foobar' => array('type' => 'stream', 'path' => '/foo/bar', 'nested' => true))
+            )
+        );
+
+        $config = $this->process($configs);
+
+
+        $this->assertTrue($config['handlers']['foobar']['nested']);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Processes an array of configurations and returns a compiled version.
      *
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php
index d0ddb64e..f0567768 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php
@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ public function testLoadWithCustomValues()
         $this->assertDICConstructorArguments($handler, array('/tmp/symfony.log', \Monolog\Logger::ERROR, false, 0666));
     }
 
+    public function testLoadWithNestedHandler()
+    {
+        $container = $this->getContainer(array(array('handlers' => array(
+            'custom' => array('type' => 'stream', 'path' => '/tmp/symfony.log', 'bubble' => false, 'level' => 'ERROR', 'file_permission' => '0666'),
+            'nested' => array('type' => 'stream', 'path' => '/tmp/symfony.log', 'bubble' => false, 'level' => 'ERROR', 'file_permission' => '0666', 'nested' => true)
+        ))));
+        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition('monolog.logger'));
+        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition('monolog.handler.custom'));
+        $this->assertTrue($container->hasDefinition('monolog.handler.nested'));
+
+        $logger = $container->getDefinition('monolog.logger');
+        // Nested handler must not be pushed to logger
+        $this->assertDICDefinitionMethodCallAt(0, $logger, 'pushHandler', array(new Reference('monolog.handler.custom')));
+
+        $handler = $container->getDefinition('monolog.handler.custom');
+        $this->assertDICDefinitionClass($handler, '%monolog.handler.stream.class%');
+        $this->assertDICConstructorArguments($handler, array('/tmp/symfony.log', \Monolog\Logger::ERROR, false, 0666));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException InvalidArgumentException
      */